Future water resources for food production in five South Asian river basins and potential for adaptation - A modeling study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Biemans, H ^a   Speelman, L H ^a   Ludwig, F ^a   Moors, E J ^a   Wiltshire, A J ^b   Kumar, P ^c   Gerten, D ^d   Kabat, P ^a,e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Food security; India; Irrigation; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; EFFICIENCY; FOOD STORAGE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER RESOURCES;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; FOOD SECURITY; INDIA; INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; RESERVOIR STORAGE CAPACITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; IRRIGATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RIVER BASIN; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SOUTH ASIA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN; GANGES BASIN; GODAVARI BASIN; INDIA; INDUS BASIN; KRISHNA BASIN;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; INDIA; IRRIGATION; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD SUPPLY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84891748006     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.092     Document Type: Article

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